"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt indicated yesterday he's not inclined to move ahead with the administration's offshore drilling proposal before the matter is hashed out in court.

Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.) asked Bernhardt if there was "a legal impediment" to developing the 2019-2024 proposal to open up more than 90% of the outer continental shelf, including Atlantic waters, to oil and gas drilling.

"There is a legal impediment to moving forward in a particular way that leads to a particular outcome," the veteran lawyer offered."

Kellie Lunney reports for  E&E Daily May 16, 2019. [2]

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